Shaping and cutting die.



Patented July 25, 1916. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.v

E. I. JAFFE.

SHAPING AND CUTTING DIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914.

ul-muumm E. i. JAFFE.

SHAPING AND CUTTING DlE. AP PLICATION FILED JUNE 30, 1914. 1,192,066. I Patented July 25,1916,

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

duce regularly shaped products ofa niform" size 'byshaping and cutting:- *at a'one opera nsrATEs PATE OFFICE'BVT EDWARD I. JAFFE, or NEW YORK, N.*Y., ASSIGNOR TO 0. K. BUTTON MOULDS we co.,.

I or NEW YORK, N. Y., A coRPoRATIoNor NEW YORK.

SHAPING AND CUTTING DIE.

Torall whom it may concern:

Be itknown thatl, EDWARD I. JAFFE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of: thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shaping and Cutting" Dies,

of which the following is a specification.

. My invention relates todies for shaping and cutting and is more especially adapted for operating upon sheet metal.

I have applied my invention to the manufacture of button molds and I will describe the inventionin connection with such appli the mold afterit has been cut from the sheet, all in one operation.

One important advantage thereof 'is, that there is a savingin cost of the product, because the several steps areall performed in the one operation and there is thereforeno necessity for handling the product after the shaping operation and before the cutting or trimming operation- Heretofore it has been customary'in 'mak' ing articles,such as button molds, ofsheet metal, t0 shape themetah in one die and leave the molds with a rough or irregular bottom edge which is -very objectionable, or else the metal mold" was trimmed in a sepa rate die. The latter :case necessitated the handling of the producta second time. Furthermore, therenvas more orless irregularity in the product, due-tothe fact that the metal does not alwaysdrawthe same during.

the shaping operation, even though tlie thickness of the metal is; uniform, because it varies more or. less in ductility. These '0b-' jections are overcome by the; present 1nvention: p i I Another obj ect of my invention is to proti'on: Nomatter-how irregular the metal may draw in the shaping operation, due to:

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed June 30, 1914. SerialNo. $18,137. Y

'When the shaping post is once'driven into place inthe bed of a die it isalmost impossible to drive 'it out'and afterward drive it back into place without changing lts location, slightly, with relation to the cutting'portions of the die which sever the blankifrom the sheet preceding the shaping and pyramidal shapes may be all interchangeable in the same die without affecting the accuracy of the registering parts.

In the drawings forming part of this application, Figure l is an elevation of a die embodying my invention, Fig. 2 is a sectional view,"onalarger scale, anol taken 011 the line 22 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view showing several of the parts just at the momentof the second cuttin-gor trimming step ofthe' operation, Fig. 4 shows theparts iin the act of shaping, Fig. 5 is a sectional View, showing the parts L st at the moment thetrimming or second cuttingstep 1 is being'performed, Fig. 5 is a similar view, on an enlarged scale, showing the parts just asthe 'fina'l cutting operation is completed, Fig. 6 is a plan view of the lower half of the'die, in assembled condition,'Fig. 7 is a similar view, with the female die member removed, Fig. '8 is a similar view, with the.

female "die .member and the shaping .ring

removechlFig. 9 is a plan view 'of the piece which is trimmed or cut offthe mold ]11St as the .operationis completed, and Fig. 10 is an elevation of one 'form of completed mold. I The; results herein set forth are accomplished principally by making the shape and its post, separately and insuch a manner that'the postwill act as a male die member at the momentthe trimming or final cutting takesiplace. j g

V In thedrawingsI have shown the lower dieparts mounted in a bed 1 of usual construction, which bed may be mounted in any well knownmanner in the press. The upper 7 vertical aperture 4 in the bed to receive the post. In the form herein shown, the post comprises a lower portion 5 which is adapted to be driven into the aperture l of the bed; a flange 6 which restsupon the surface 'Z-of the bed and within the socket'S; an upper portion 9 over whichzthe ring 10 slides; and a reduced upper end11 having .reciprocates inthe bore 241 of the male die member and its hollowed lower end operates a cutting edge 12. The ring lO, which 00- operates with themale die member in drawing the metal down over the shape, slldes up and down and is guided bythe'post. The shape here shown has a, spheroidal top 12 although this is onlyshown by way of eX- ample. The shape 12 rests, upon the top of the post and it has a shank 13' which extends down through a central bore in the post and is threaded at its lower endto receive a nut 14 which serves to hold the shape firmly in place. 7 V r The :female die member 15 fits into the socket 16 and is held in place by the bolts 17. This die member has achamber 18 to receive the ring 10, the shape and post; and its upper, cutting edge 19 cooperates'f with the male diemember to cut outthe blank from the sheet 20 fed thereto.

The upper or male die member 21jis of proper size to enter the female die member, and its outer cutting edge 22 co6perates with the cutting edge 19 in severing the blank from the sheet. .There is an ejector 23 which to eject themolds from the male die member when they are carriedup by'the latter,

above the female die member, following the completion ofthe. several operations,- The ejector has lateral arms 25 which'are actuated in well known manner upon theupward movement of the maledie member. ,v I

The bore 24'of the male die member in the present arrangement not only provides space for the ejector to move in, but it also provides for an additional function for the die member. That is, the upper die member acts first as a male die member and then asa femaledie member; and it first cooper,- ates with themember 15 as a male die mem her and then with the top of the post. as a female die member. ably not sharpened so thatit will not injure molds the sheet 20 of'metal is fed between the die members while they are separated.

' Upon the movement downwardly of the male die member. the edge'22 of the male die The'edge 26 is preferforces the blank downwardly following the cutting of the blank from the sheet, the ring 10in contact withthe edgeof the blank, is forced downwardly by the descending male die; and theblank'is from then on held between the male die and the ring, at its edge. As the male die and ring continueto move downwardly they draw, the blank overthe shape, and the blank gradually assumes the form -of-the shape. As this operation con tinues, part of the metal between. the male die and-r1ng 1s drawninwardly to constitute part of the mold, but at the completion of the drawing operation some part of the edge remains between the male die and the ring. Ordinarily the male die member returns upon the completion of the drawing action,

without, further function, and the metal edge gripped by the male die and ring is eitherall drawn overthe shape, or it is left proj ecting at right angles tothe mold and afterward removed by a separate trimming operation. If this extra metal is left on the lower edge of the mold it is objectionable because it leaves an irregular edge which interferes with the manufacture of a perfect button and it tends to wear or break through the button material. This metal is not always uniform in extent and therefore if itremains on the mold the dimension of the product is not uniform. The metal varies in ductility, because in places it may be harder than in others,or one sheet may be harder than another As a result, more or less of the rim held between the male die and the ring will be drawn in to form part of the mold, thus leaving the rims of varying dimensions; or, where all the metal is drawn the molds are not ,uniform in size.

In the present case these objectionable features are avoided. At.

or. about the time of drawing of the blank over the shape is completed, the interior or female edge 26 of-the upper die cooperates with the edge 12 of the post to cut or trim oflf. the metal at the bottom of the shape; or to cut away the portion of the metal remain ing held between the male die and'the ring. It is to be noted that the top; of the post is of slightly I last mentioned .step, the 'male die member moves upwardly, and the ring 10 followsit'.

greater dimension thanthe base ofthe shape and .the difference corresponds, v7 substantially,-with the thickness of the metal the blank by. cutting or scraping it during,

The finished. mold, shown in Fig.10,-'iscar ried up inside the die member, and the trimmed or waste ring 28, shown in Fig. 9, s carr ed up by the male die, *When' the male die moves free of the female die the ejector 23 ejects the mold 29 and it, together with the part 28, is cast out of the way, as by a blower, ready for another operation.

It will be noted that the upper die member first acts as a male die member and cooperates with the female die member to cut the blank, and it then acts as a female die member and cooperates with the post to trim the waste metal at the base of the shape. The finished product is necessarily uniform, no matter how the metal may vary in ductility; and the product is in finished condition when discharged from. the die, instead of having a rough, irregular edge. If it is desired to produce molds of different formation, but having the same base measurement, this can be done by simply chan ing the shape 12. The latter is removed by unscrewing the nut 14; and withdrawing the shape. and bolted in place of the one removed. If the base line is the same as the removed shape, the same die members may be used and they need no adjustment. WVith this substitute shape the operations will be performed as before, but the finished molds will conform to the configuration of this new shape. The shape 12 may be removed at any time and the cutting edge 12 of the post may be sharpened.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

l. A shaping and cutting die, comprising a bed, cooperating male and female die members, a shape, a post therefor mounted in said bed and extending laterally beyond the base of the shape, said shape being supported by said post and being removable independently of the post, said post being ar- Another shapemay be reinserted,

ranged to cooperate with a die member to sever the material at the base of the shape.

2. A shaping and cutting die, comprising cooperating male and female die members, a shape, a post therefor having a top extending laterally beyond the base of the shape, said post being arranged to cooperate with a die member to sever the material at the base of the shape.

3. A shaping and cutting die, comprising cooperating male and female die members, a

, shape, a post therefor, having a top extendhaving inner and outer cutting edges and adapted to operate as a male and female die member, said latter die member cooperating with said first-mentioned die member f to sever the blank, and then cooperating with the die member comprised by said post to sever the material near said shape, and means cooperating with said third die mem her to draw the material over said shape.

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 22d day of June, 1914.

EDWARD I. JAFFE.

Witnesses:

KARL WEILLER, CHARLES G. HENSLEY.

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